Sensing physiological information for individual patients
The continuous personal monitoring of patients may provide a number of advantages:
| Early detection & intervention | Events such as heart arrhythmias, falls and stumbles are detected, alarmed and recorded as they occur allowing clinicians, nursing staff or carers to intervene quickly. |
| Analysis & interpretation | Clinicians can draw upon accurate data for analysis and interpretation. |
| Efficiency | Personal monitoring reduces the burden placed on already over-extended clinical staff and carers. |
| Independence | Patients receiving in-home care are able to maintain a degree of independence in surroundings that are familiar to them. |
| Remote living | Patients living in geographically remote communities who require medical monitoring without the need for hospitalisation can be monitored. |
| Affordability | The cost of providing continuous personal monitoring is lower than the costs of transporting and accommodating patients. |
